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Cap Hill foodies, make room for Sitka and Spruce – UPDATE

After seeing the success of Rancho Bravo in our part of the city, the gastronomic explorers that power restaurant Sitka and Spruce must have taken note. Seattle Magazine says S and S is (probably!) moving from Eastlake to Capitol Hill. The glossy mag doesn’t know where, yet. Thoughts? (We’re also testing our new polling code. So belly up to the bar and vote already.)

UPDATE: Thanks for your votes. You were WRONG — unless you voted Other. Zeebleoop, on the other hand, was on the mark. Sitka (and more) destined for Melrose.

 


 

UPDATE:
Interesting “Other” from Zeebleoop in comments below. From a PI real estate post:

 

 

 

Two local developers plan to renovate two adjacent historic automotive buildings in the Pike-Pine neighborhood of Capitol Hill to be used for restaurant and retail.

Liz Dunn of Dunn & Hobbes and Scott Shapiro of Eagle Rock Ventures announced on Monday that they had acquired the two buildings, at 1515 and 1531 Melrose Ave., and plan to renovate them once the current tenant, Metro Auto Rebuild, leaves at the end of January.

Looks like a good possibility. The PDF available from the developers says space will be available for ‘tennant build-out’ in mid-May.

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zeebleoop
14 years ago

the one that’s being renovated by dunn & hobbes – http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/archives/151995.asp ?

zeebleoop
14 years ago

here’s a better overview of the project – http://www.dunnandhobbes.com/press/mel/Mel-08-0730.pdf

i could see sitka & spruce moving into this building. it’s nearby for cap hill residents to get dinner and also close to downtown to draw a lunch crowd.

thegastrognome
thegastrognome
14 years ago

Rumors have been circling for a while about their closing…could make a good place for S and S…

pinguina
pinguina
14 years ago

It would be the final pillar for the three-legged stool of sophisticated gastronomic delights for the north end of Broadway: Poppy, Olivar and now…Sitka and Spruce! (speaking of gastronomic delights at that end of Broadway: when are we going to get some awesome Chinese entrepreneur to come and renovate the old Jade Pagoda space and offer up some great Chinese food…something sorely lacking on Broadway)

jseattle
jseattle
14 years ago

I need to bump the Jade Pagoda location back up the list of things to check in on.

pinguina
pinguina
14 years ago

Doesn’t that totally seem like the kind of project that calls out to Linda Derschang? She could make it all retro and ironic and hipster – in the same vein as Chop Suey. She could partner up with owner of Szechuan Chef for menu development/food prep (so I wouldn’t have to drive ALL the way to Bellevue for the best Szechuanese food!)

jseattle
jseattle
14 years ago

Gotta think Linda would hit diminishing returns with another Hill location but who knows